【用“问答”的方式来写作】
英语里有一个说法叫做“修辞性问句”。说人话，就是“明知故问 / 明明有答案了还要发问”。 修辞性问句的有两种形式，这两种形式为： （一）反问句 （二）设问句 一般说来反问句的语气可能比设问句强烈。因为反问句是没有答案的，问句本身就是答案，question其实就是statement；设问句是有答案的，非常有可能是真的抛出提问，但是后面自己回答。 那么，我们有没有可能在独立写作中通过使用修辞性问句来提分？当然可以。（你看，这里就是一个自问自答） 我们以下面这个独立写作题为例，以【同意】为立场，试着用修辞性问句写主体部分的一个段落。 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is impossible to be completely honest with your friends all the time. This statement may be stating the commonplace realities. First,doesn’t the following situation happen often between friends? When our friends invite us to some costly entertainment or recreation that is beyond our financial capability, we find a pretext for not being able to afford it rather than tell the truth to decline the invitation. Otherwise, both the friends and us would be awkward. There is another common instance: wouldn’t a friend feel embarrassed or even offended if we were blunt about the friend’s not-so-good outfit or a rip-off deal the friend gets? The honest comment, albeit with our earnest heart for the friend’s good, would however be unpleasant and counterproductive. Also, do we often hesitate a lot or hold our feelings in, when we are not optimistic about a friend’s romance? We are more likely to keep our mouth shut or to use very euphemistic words, aren’t we? 以上的文段中有四个问句。前两个问句以反问来陈述，在反问之后，还有一句陈述，进一步补充和确认作者想表达的意思。第三问是抛出疑问，在回答这个提问的时候又用到了反意疑问句。当然，上面这个段落是一个“极端”（熟练的笔者故意设计出来的）的文段例子，考生们不是一定要通过连续发问来完成一整个段落，而是要学会这种笔法技巧，能在写作的过程用到一两次即可。
